Merchandising Intern

Merchandising Intern
Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Level: Intern
Division / Department: Merchandising    
Reporting to position: Infrastructure Project Director
Summer 2025 - 90 day internship

 

About the Role:
The Merchandising Intern’s primary focus this summer will be on building out reporting and dashboards to bring information from multiple systems to one visible space. This will enhance our team's ability to have the data more quickly to make decisions. After they learn about our systems and work processes, they’ll kick off the project with the guidance of our leadership team. This individual will learn to work with multiple people from the merchandising team, learn about the way in which we go to business, and will require their technical skill muscles to be flexed each day. 

Responsibilities include:

• Communicate with merchandising team on business needs for reports
• Compile data, creating useful reports to run the business
• Create dashboards for different set of users
• Meeting with Merchandise Divisionals and Merchandise Managers to learn processes and needs
• Learning and using multiple systems (IMS, Vampir/Access, Excel, Supply Chain, Targit, Power BI,)
• Presenting work to leadership staff
• Work with those from other divisions such as IT, build reporting & dashboards for our team.

Skills and Abilities:

• Current college student pursuing a degree in business, or data analytics
• Strong attention to detail with a desire to problem solve
• Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets experience beyond basic knowledge
• Power BI experience is a plus
• Comfortable meeting with different levels of management to discover needs and present solutions
• Willing to collaborate with multiple divisions of company

Benefits available to you:

• Exposure to hands-on experience with data analytics, building out reporting dashboards and cross-divisional collaboration and presentation opportunities.
• Helpful mentoring from business leaders within Merchandising and other departments
• College credit

About Do it Best:
We’re the only US-based, member-owned hardware, lumber, and building materials co-op in the home improvement industry. We proudly serve thousands of locations in over 50 countries, offering exceptional merchandise and services driving us to nearly $5 billion in annual sales. Our goal is to help our members grow and achieve their dreams.

Culture:
Each team member is valued as an individual - with their intrinsic value at the forefront. We prioritize your career growth through one-on-one training, conferences, tuition assistance, mentoring and more. We encourage authentic relationships by hosting social events and fostering a culture where lasting friendships are made. In fact, the three most valued aspects of being a part of the Do it Best team  are the culture, the compensation, and the level of fulfillment that each team member experiences from their role. 

Our Philosophy: Serving others as we would like to be served
Our Mission: Making the best even better
Our Goal: Helping members grow and achieve their dreams